JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin hopes that the establishment of the halal industrial area (KIH), which is currently under development by the Government, can attract the attention of foreign investors, thereby increasing domestic halal production.
"The halal industrial area, which is growing and developing, is expected to attract the attention of global investors to make Indonesia a global hub for the world's halal products," said Ma'ruf Amin when he opened the web seminar on the International Halal Conference held virtually by Gajah Mada University (UGM) reported by Antara, Saturday, November 14.
The halal industrial area must be part of the national and global industrial ecosystem, so that the special halal area cannot stand alone, said the Vice President. To strengthen the halal industry, continued Ma'ruf, adequate regulations and incentives are needed.
"In order to strengthen this ecosystem, incentives and regulations are needed to support harmoniously and integratedly for the integrated halal product industry in the special economic zone (KEK)," he explained.
Previously, the Vice President said that the establishment of an integrated service center for halal products would be built in each industrial area. It is intended that the halal certification process for an industrial product can run quickly.
The establishment of a one stop service for halal products is supported by Regulation of the Minister of Industry (Permenperin) Number 17 of 2020 concerning Procedures for Obtaining a Certificate in the Framework of Establishing a Halal Industrial Zone.
"This is the first step in developing an integrated halal industrial area in Indonesia, where all services related to halal products are under one roof or one stop service," he said.
Until now, there are two halal industrial areas that are integrated with industrial estates, namely Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Serang, Banten and SAFE n LOCK Halal Industrial Park in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java.
Meanwhile, four other industrial areas are still in the process of preparing to have a halal cluster, namely the Bintan Inti Industrial Area in Batam, the Batamindo Industrial Zone in Batam, the Jakarta Pulogadung Industrial Zone and the Surya Borneo Industrial Zone in Central Kalimantan.
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